The thyroid nodule is a common entity. Although autopsy data indicate a 50% prevalence of
thyroid nodules larger than 1 cm in patients without clinical evidence of thyroid disease, the …

Thyroid nodules are very common clinical entities. In the United States alone, approximately
275,000 new thyroid nodules are detected annually [1]. The prevalence varies according to …

Palpable thyroid nodules occur in 4 to 7 percent of the population, but nodules found
incidentally on ultrasonography suggest a prevalence of 19 to 67 percent. The majority of …

Thyroid nodules are very common; autopsy studies show that nearly half the population of
the United States harbors thyroid nodules. 1 However, only 4% to 8% of these nodules are …

To determine whether the routine use of fine‐needle aspiration (FNA) cytology reduces the
rate of unnecessary surgery, the surgical pathology of 54 thyroidectomy patients who had …

Background Clinically detectable thyroid nodules occur in up to 4% of the population in the
United States. With ultrasound, nodules may be found in up to 50% of those over 50 years of …

Thyroid nodules are incredibly common: more than one-half of everyone living will develop
a thyroid nodule at some point in their life. Women are more likely than men to have …

Background Thyroid nodules are common, yet treatment modalities range from observation
to surgical resection. Because thyroid nodules are frequently found incidentally during …

Key Clinical Points Thyroid Nodules Thyroid nodules are common; the majority are benign.
Thyroid ultrasonographic characteristics and especially the results of ultrasonographically …

Molecular fine-needle aspiration (FNA) cytology diagnostics has the potential to address the
inherent limitation of FNA cytology which is an indeterminate (atypia of undetermined …